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SAROSH HOMI KAPADIA

Now Indians will get innovative judgments and verdicts from new Chief Justice. The senior most judge of the Supreme Court, justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia is appointed as the new Chief Justice of India by Indian President Pratibha Patil on today. Sarosh Homi Kapadia is the  thirty eighth Chief Justice of India and he will take charge on today from the Present Chief justice KG Balakrishnan. His tenure as Chief Justice will end on 29th September, 2012.

BIOGRAPHY

Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia was born on born 29th September, 1947 in Maharastra. He is the first Chief Justice of India born after Independence. He started his professional career as an advocate in Mumbai High Court in September 1974. After that, he was appointed as an additional judge of the Bombay High Court in 1991 and he became permanent judge on that court in 1993. On August 2003, he was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court and on December of that year, he was appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court. In his tenure, he announced several landmark judgments under the constitutional law and the taxation, regulatory and commercial laws. Justice Kapadia is known for maintaining strict judicial discipline and he has deep knowledge in tax laws which earned him accolades from the Bench and the Bar. Now, he is appointed as the new Chief Justice of India by Indian President Pratibha Patil. In India, justice delayed is justice denied. So Indians are wishing that the justice to be delivered fast because many files are on pending mode and it takes long periods to get justice. Thus it would be the main challenge of the new Chief Justice to reduce the mounting pendency of the cases not only in the top court , but in High Courts and trial courts. In addition, people hopes that the new Chief Justice will help restores their dying confidence in the country’s judicial system.

DAVID CAMERON

Conservative Party is returned into power in United Kingdom after the 13 years of Labour Party rule. The youthful leader of conservative party, David Cameron was appointed as the new Prime Minister of UK on Tuesday after the resignation of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The Conservatives won most seats in a parliamentary election last week but fell short of a majority. Then after the days of uncertainty , the Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg agreed to give support to Cameron and they aimed to form Britain’s first full coalition government since 1945. Nick Clegg will be appointed as the Deputy Prime minister of UK. Forty three year old Cameron is became the youngest British Prime Minister of England in almost 200 years.

BIOGRAPHY

David Cameron was born on 9th October 1966 in a wealthy family in London, UK as the son of stockbroker Ian Donald Cameron and  Mary Fleur Mount. He is a direct descendant of King William IV and his mistress Dorothea Jordan. He was educated at Eton and Brasenose College, Oxford and he gained graduation in Politics, Philosophy and Economics with a first class from Oxford University. After the graduation, he worked for the Conservative Party in their research department from 1988 to 1992 and he became a Special Advisor in the Treasury and at the Home Office. In 1994, Cameron joined the media company ‘Carlton Communications’ as director of corporate affairs. He stayed at Carlton until entering Parliament in 2001 as MP for Witney, northwest of London and quickly attracted attention as the leading member of the Conservatiion party. After just two years as an MP, Cameron was appointed as the leading Conservative spokesman in the House of Commons. In 2005 General election, Cameron was elected as the leader of the Conservative Party. Under his leadership, the party grew in popularity and placed first in the 2006 local elections. His leadership style sometimes compared as the style of Labor party leader and former Prime minister of UK, Tony Blair. In ‘2010 general election’, Cameron led the Conservative party won 306 seats, but still 20 seats short of an overall majority. Then he talks with Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg about the possibility of a coalition between the two parties. Nick Clegg agreed to form a coalition government and David Cameron was appointed as the new Prime Minister of UK. Nick Clegg will be appointed as the Deputy Prime minister of the nation. Cameron is married to Samantha Gwendoline Sheffield and they had three children.